Overview
- President Salvador Illa said beneficiaries should begin receiving payments in about three months once the new scheme is approved.
- Catalonia will add a €4,929.50 regional supplement to the state benefit of up to €9,859, bringing the maximum monthly support for grade III+ cases to about €14,788.50.
- Access is tied to the grade III+ category for rapidly progressing neurological disease, requiring at least two of three clinical criteria: ventilation over eight hours a day, daily secretion aspiration, or severe upper‑body immobility.
- Applications open March 19, benefits for grade III+ will be compatible with other dependency supports within the legal cap, and full cost coverage applies up to 5.5 times the Catalan IRSC with a 5% copay above that threshold.
- Catalonia becomes one of the first regions to implement the 2024 national ELA law and the first to add its own top‑up, as Castilla y León has already begun paying baseline benefits; estimates suggest roughly 140 Catalans may qualify initially, though figures vary across reports.